Victory Bonds Will Speed Them Home VOL. LXIV. Roxboro Woman Has Distinction As Cloak-Dagger Girl Miss Clara Raynor, Once Bank Stenographer Here, Was Sceret Agent In War. Now back in Washington, D. C., is a Roxboro woman, Miss Clara Raynor, who until last month was connected with the Office of Strate gic Services, a sort of super-spy or ganization for the United States and now disolved after doing three years of behind the lines work in enemy territory all over the world. O. S, S., the story of which is now being told for the first time was or ganized at the request of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who called upon Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan to head it. Miss Raynor, who was in Roxboro last month, could not even then tell her friends here what she had been doing in Government service. She was not supposed to even say she had been a part of O. S. S, much less to men tion she had been in Italy with it. And Miss Raynor did not tell, al though she had just returned from ten months in Italy, where she may have (had a hand in dropping food and supplies behind enemy lines in nearby Balkan countries, or in Austria. What Miss Raynor did, re mains her secret, still, but her form er associates at Peoples Bank, in Roxboro. where she worked for ten years, have a handful of Washing ton newspaper clippings tell a story of courage and heroism for all .men and women, both civilian and mili tary,, who were associated with O. S. S. There is a full story of the organ ization now running as a serial in Collier's magazine and Miss Raynor’s friends here are eagerly scanning each line, although her name, as one Os hundreds of workers in the fam ous "Cloak arid Dagger”, as the Q. S.S., is .. popularly known, mav i.'vcf appear. Miss Raynor sent those Washing ton clippings to Roxboro after she Went back to Washington. The As sociated Press had the story thes and there was no . reason why she should not give a general picture of the type of work she had been en gaged in. The O. S. S., for instance, is credited with having saved the lives of five thousand American and United Nations aviators by working in close cooperation with under ground organizations behind the lines in enemy countries where these aviators had landed after bombing expeditions. Miss Raynor, who plans to re main in government work in Wash ington, will have nothing so excit ig to look forward to now, As a matter of fact she got into O. S. S., rather by accident after going to Washington three to four years ago to take what was at that time a routine stenographic war job. But once she transferred to O. S. S„ or wanted to, Roxboro friends knew she was engaged in some rather im portant mission. FBI agents came to Roxboro and combed her record. They went into every nook and cranny, asking questions by the bucketful. But Miss Raynor passed the test and thus became, perhaps, the only citizen to be con nected with what came to be one of the most famous but least known secret agent organizations of the United States government in World War 11. There is no way of telling how many lives Miss Raynor saved, and many a hometown boy from Rox boro. once a prisoner of war in the Axis nations may have owed his life to what she and countless others of the O. S. S., accomplished. —-—■ o-— ■— . Rev. Mr. Parsley At Saint Mark's The Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, of Durham, Episcopal minister serving students at Duke University, will be guest speaker Sunday morning at eleven o'clock at Saint Marus Episcopal church, Roxboro, where Holy Communion will also be ob served. The Rev. Mr. Parsley is well known in Saint Mark's parish and is a frequent visitor Here. —. -o— ——— Fair Continues Person County Agricultural fair which began here the first of the week, will continue in operation through Saturday, according to R. L. 'Bob) Perkins, manager, who re ports that attendance has been picking up. Yesterday and Tues day were school children's days. Some difficulty was experienced Monday in securing labor to help with setting up shows. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR "True Glory" Will Be Sponsored By Person Legion Lester Blackwell 1* os t To Sponsor Impressive. Official War Film Next Month. Commander Joe Y. Blanks, of Lester Blackwell Post, the American Legion, together with Dr. O. G. Davis, Rev. Daniel Lane, Fletcher Carver, other representatives of the local Post and a number of civic leaders not members of the organ ization attended here yesterday private showing of a war docu ment film, "The True Glory," whirl! depicts military events in Europe from the time of the iriva a n of France until the fall of Bohn. Mr: Blanks, together with. other members of Lester Blackwe'l Post, then acted as committee to confer with theatre manager TeagUe Kir by relative to Legion sponsorship of showing the film here. Dates agreed upon have been Monday and Tuesday, November 12 and 13.tb, immediately after observance of Armistice Day, which this year falls on Sunday. The film,, which has an impres sive introduction by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, gives intimate de tails of the invasion of France and. subsequent battles, with some par ticularly impressive shuts of con ditions in the horror prison camps in Germany. The showing in Rox boro will be at the Dolly Madison theatre. Unifying theme is .hat of the United Nations working to gether toward;; a common end, . ——— o-—,—-—— . Rev. W. T. Baucom Clement Speaker For Next Sunday Rev. W. T. Baucom. pastor of Yanceyville Baptist church, will be guest speaker Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at Clement Baptist church, according to announcement made today by the pastor, the Rev L. V. Coggins, who says that ail church members and interested friends are urged to attend. Os special interest to Clement church and community was the or dination service in Penn Memorial Baptist Church, Reidsville, last Sunday afternoon of Rev. Albert Dunevant, a former member and eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Dunevant of Clement Church. Many members of the home church attended and the Rev. L. V. Cog gins delivered the charge. A younger brothers, Clifton Dune vant who has just returned from two years service overseas and who also has been licensed to preach by Clement church was present and preached iat the evening service, Both brothers expect to enter col lege In the near future, Albert Dunevant at Campbell College, Buie's Creek, and Clifton Dune vant later on will enter Wake For est to continue his studies which were interrupted by volunteer ser vices to his country. —o- Scrap Paper Still Wanted By Leaders The scrap paper drive of the past Sunday was reasonably successful, according to Dr. Robert E. Long, scoutmaster for troop 49, the mem bers of which together with other scouts, assisted in the collection of the paper under auspices of Rox iboro Chamber of Commerce. The paper was placed in the salvage paper storage plant in the old gin building, according to Dr. Long, who says that citizens who still have paper to contribute may bring it to the storage building. o Leonard Salley Tech 5 Leonard C. Sally, of Rox boro, son of J. E. Salley and former ly with A. I. Hall transfer company, is now at Camp Swift, Texas, after twenty months of overseas service in Europe. He took part in four campaigns and is with the 114 En gineers company. o TWO IN ONE Mrs. John Stephens of Semora, was telling us' recently of en un usual egg, said egg having two per fectly formed shells, in other words two perfect eggs in one shell. She Courier={£imes D. R. Taylor ■ WF \ You know Jake, aren’t we all glad to have him back home. Merit Badge Books Given To Library Boy Scouts Buy Books To Aid Study For Honors. Boy Scouts of Troop 49, of Which Dr. Robert E. Long is scoutmaster, have contributed to Person County Public library a series of booklets dealing with nierit badges and their requirements.. The booklets are kept in the library and may be secured from the institution by borrowers just: as other books are obtained. De layed, return of the booklets will necessitate: payment of a fine. Badge books, Mrs. Margaret How ard. chief library clerk, has arrang ed a Boy Scout display at the libra ry, where an attractively arranged table shows the books and other Scout information. The Merit Badge books, according to Dr. Long, have been bought with money made by the troop through sale of scrap paper. It is expected that the collection, which will be available to all Scouts and their leaders, will help in the carrying on of Court of Honor programs. Sep tember court was held last week. John B. Oakley, new Cherokee Council executive, was expected to have begun his duties this week in tile Reidsville office. He will make his first official visit to Roxboro on Tuesday. October 16. for regular meeting of the Person district. ——-——o No Complete Line Yet On War Fund Drive In Person Only one business district com mittee has made a report on the United War Fund, it was learned here today, but other reports are expected to come in, as are reports from the special gifts committee, the residential committee and the units of organization working in the public schools. Cochairmen of the drive here, which has a goal of $10,050, are J. A. Long, Jr., and Jerry L, Hester, both of %'hom are urging full pub lic support for the fund whicn is collected for soldier entertainment, through the National USO organi zation. for local Boy Scouts and for the . relief of striken civilian populations in Europe. - —-—-—-o-—‘ Sgt. Bedford Jones To Get Discharge Sgt. Bedford Li Jones, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Roy Jones of this city, has arrived ih Massachusetts after serving eight and one half years in the Army. Before the war he serv ed in Hawaii and left Pearl Harbor four weeks before the war began. Since then he has served in Italy, Germany, France, England and Africa. Sgt, Jones, who" will receive his discharge soon, js expected to ar rive in Roxboro shortly. He was last here about two years ago. o Negro Injured Jones Lester, 70, Person Negro, who was knocked down and slight ly injured yesterday when he walk ed In front of a moving truck on Court Street, was removed to his home after receiving first aid at Community Hospital. His injuries werejninor, although he lost consciousness tor a few moments. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Tucker Installed As Exchanqe Head Carlton Cites New Service At Post Office Considerable Saf» inu' Os Time And Cash Through New Postal Notes. L. M. Carlton. Roxboro postmast er, this morning issued a statement calling attention to a new and con venient service to the public in the issuance of postal notes, a cheaper form or arrangement for sending smali sums usually dispatched by money orders. Says Mr. Carlton:. “A matter which should be of special interest to the public, especi ally to those who make small re mittances by money orders, is the fact that the Post Office Depart ment beginning October 1. 1945 has placed on sale at the post office postal notes where the remittance to be made is up to $lO and the cost of same is only five cents (sc) up to $lO, whereas a money order would range in price from 6c to lie. "Another advantage is that the applicant is not required to fill out an application as in the case of money orders. It is therefore' easier, quicker and cheaper where the amount to be remitted is up to $lO. You can still buy money orders for any amount, but the above plan should commend itself to those de siring to make, only small remit tances. Full information may be ob tained at the Post Office by those interested. Person Woman's Husband Gains Bronze Award Award of the Bronze Star Medal for "heroic achievement" to Pic. Dudley B. Henderson, whose wife. Mrs. Grace H. Henderson, lives in Roxboro was announced today by the 78th Division, 7th Army in ] Germany. The action for which Pfc. Hen- | derson was cited took place March ] 4, 1945, in the vicinity of Euskirehen.! Germany, He is with Company K i of the 78th Lightning Division's! 310th Infantry Regiment, which earned battle stars for its fighting in the Ardennes. Rhineland and Central European campaigns. His citation, in part, reads: . "Pfc. Henderson volunteered to eliminate enemy snipers who were holding up the advance of his platoon. He led a Bar man and another rifle man in a flanking move and elim inated the snipers by forcing •hen-' to withdraw. Leaving the line men with the Bar men who was wounded in the encounter, he re turned to direct aid men to thy spot. His courage, aggressiveness, and devotion to duty are in accord- . ance With the highest military tra ditions. . o •-. ON SAVANNAH James K. Jordan, 20. radioman, I third class, USNR, of Roxboro, is [ serving on light cruiser, USS Savan nah. which is engaged in a special! training cruise in Atlantic and Car ibbean waters for midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Person Boys Win In Cattle Show Fayetteville's flood, remains of which are still in evidence, put no crip in carrying out a livestock show put on there on Monday and Tues day for Four-H clubs and Future Farmers of America and attended by eight representatives from Per son county, a number of whom won prizes, according to C. C. Jackson, assistant farm agent in Person, who was in the local party. Person boys who attended were Austin Dixon, of Leasburg, route one; Roy Leon Puryear. accompani ed by his father, C. H. Puryear. of Virgilina route; Clifton Averette, of Roxboro, route 2; James Weaver and his father, L. J. Weaver, of Roxboro, route two, and John D. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1945 Durham Officials Take Lead ing Part In Installa tion Rites. Ralph Tucker, insurance man. of this city, last night was installed as second president of the Roxbort Exchange club, succeeding J. H. Lewis, who closed the ceremony of installation by presenting to Tuck er his gavel of office, together with ■ the Exchange club's president's pin. Rites of installation took place | at Hotel Roxboro and were conclud ing features of a program which included a floor show by "Wallace, the Magician." of Durham, and a ' | dinner for members and their guests. ; 1 Toastmaster was C. M. Clark, also " I of Durham, district governor of Ex ' i change clubs in North Carolina, and '! past president of the Durham cluo j and sponsoring organization for the | Roxboro club. ,! Installation of the Roxboro offi cers was in charge of John M. Riley, [past president of Exchange clubs jin North Carolina and past presi j dent of the Durham club, who call j ed all new officers to the head table. 1 i where pledges of installation were ! given. In addition to Mr. Tucker, 'I j those installed were V. A. Thomas, ! vice president, William B. Faucette. ! secretary and Jack Satterfield, treasurer, together, with new mem bet's of the Board of Control, R. s Belvin Barnette, C. C. Garrett and jH. B, Blanks. I • Also a member of the Board is IMr Lewis, immediate past piesi jdent. Old members of the o.v.rd '.i are. Riley Oakley. C. B, Kit by and '; A, H: Rimmer. Mr, Lewis in his re . tiring address reviewed the history of the Roxboro club, which was or* j ganized six months ago, pledg -d j support of the club to Mr. Tucker ' and other new officers and gave j special praise to Mr. Rimmer, chair : man of the committee whicn pur chased an oxygen tent for Coimnun | ity hospital as a club bench*.. Spec* jial interest of. the new cluo is a .program designed to aid and assist 1 crippled children. Made an honorary member of tire Roxboro club was Mr. Wallace, whose bag of tricks program amus ed members and their guests for rn hour or more. Pianist was Miss Mary Earle Wilson. Invo mfion was i by. Dr. Dwight Chalmers, haplain of the Durham club and pastor of Trinity Avenue Presbyterian chutth. In addition to the Durham mem bers on the program, a number of j other members from that ci y and from Reidsville, together With their (Wives, were present. i Favors winners included Mes | dames Ralph Tucker, William B. [Faucette, A. H. Rimmer, track Sat | terfield, C. M. Clark, and Jasper Whitfield, President Tucker in his address of acceptance of office said that riie club must go forward and urged J every member to work 10 that end. Both he and Mr. Lewis, together with Mr. Clarke, referred to the wideawaka spirit of the Roxboro club arid pointed out unlimited < p j portunities of community service for : the club. Committeemen for the new yi ai are: Program Committe—J. H. Lew is and D. W. Kanoy, Co-Chairmen; Attendance and Fellowship com mittee—M. E. Clayton; Finance | Committee—R. J. Oakley; Project Committee—Arthur Rimmer; Crip [ pie Children Committee—S. A. Jones;. Extension Committee—W. B. Weatherly; Agriculture Committee— Claude Whitfield; and Rehabri'ta ition Committee —Henry O’Bmnt | and c, C. Garrett, Co-Chairmen. 1 o j A new cabbage is being tested in 'Eastern Carolina to see if it will show less bolting than varieties now grown. It has proven successful in the Charleston, S. C., area. Winstead, 111, of Roxboro, route one. Judging was of the Danish type. Person winners included Dixon, who had a blue ribbon; Winstead and Weaver, red ribbons and Puryear. a white ribbon. Representatives from thirty counties were in Fayetteville for the event, which began Monday night with a dinner served at a USO club after the flood had wash ed away original building chosen for that event. Judging was done on Tuesday. Roys from Person and from other counties took their animals with them and watched over them all through the night before the show started, according to Mr. Jackson. Sponsors of the event were the Belk stores, a chain organization. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Music Leader ; V ' i f A. E. LYNCH | A. E. Lynch, of Campbell College, I Buies Creek, will direct music for a revival which opens Sunday night at Longhurst Baptis: church. Speaker will be the pas tor, the Rev.. Auburn C. Ilayes, who will have as his Sunday night subject, “Rabbit Chasers.” A cor dial invitation is being extended j to the public to attend. Farm Exchange Groups To Meet Person County, members and pa-, irons of the Farmers. Mutual Kx ) change Will hold ,a countywide stockholders meeting on Tuesday, j October 9th, at 2:00 p. m.. in trie Roxboro Central Grammar Seri gel I This meeting is of spe | ciai interest to Person; County far mers because. it deals., directly with the" nTSrketing of their farm pro ducts and the purchasing of their principle farm supplies. A report will be given „n what Person County farmers, have ac complished in marketing and jan - 'chasing through the Farmers Mu tual Exchange at Roxboro. An outstanding leader, in. the ag ricultural field, will speak on s cr: r of the problems that are facirir far mers and give some helpful rrig gestions for solving these problems'. The major part ot this program will be taken up With entertaiam in music, contests, a corn shu king contest, and drawing tor valuable prizes. The first prize for men will be three bags of dairy, poultr.. or hog feed; and for women a barrel of flour. Both men and women will be eligible for winning the use of a family-size freezer locker box lor one year, and for the cash prize: Not only members and patrons cl tile Farmers Mutual Exchange arc urged to attend this meeting, but all other interested farm men and women as well as professional men ■ are invited to coriie and participate in this meeting. Person's Polio At Sixteen In Decade Perkon County has had a toial jof sixteen cases of infantile .para* [lysis or polio in the past ten. yea vs, [according to a repo'T rele.v- •>! to day by the State headquarters of | the Infantile Paralysis fluid: Total number of cases .reported in the [state within the same . peri: -l ji.is | reached 2,540. Dr. Ralph MeDyn : aid, State Chairman, and Mrs. Phillips Russell, organization tine*, ‘tor. both of Chapel Hill,-,have,writ-' | ten letters of appreciation to various county chairmen, saying that [Work jof the fund must cont inue to go forward. j Person chairma n for this : veai was the Rev. Rufus J. Womolc. now lof Richmond, Va. A more then j creditable showing was made hero j under the leadnsh.p of the Roy, Mr. Woinble, but because he has moved from Roxbor> a new chair man will have to be selected lor the coming year. Two .fatalities from polio in 'Per son County occurred here in the summer of 1944, when the disease last .reached an epidemic stage in North Carolina. o Yates To Have Next Program Program next week for Roxbeto Kiwanis club on Monday night at Hotel Roxboro will be in charge of L. M. Yates, principal of Long hurst school, it W'as announced today. Program for the past Monday was in charge of R. P. Burns, clnb mem ber, who had as guest speaker, a air. Harris, of Scottsburp; Vt, whose topic was "World Conditions.” . Happiest Boy Has Plans To Purchase Pony All His Own Person Native Dies Suddenly In Missouri Home Mrs. Gretter, Sister Os Mrs. R. I). Bailee and of YV. B. Humphries, Dies. Funeral lor Mrs. Susan Humph ries Oletter. 68. a native of Person County and sister of Mrs.R. D, Bai ley and of W. B. Humphries, both of Woodsdale, was held oil Tuesday September 11. in Missouri, according to information received here, this week by members of the family. Rites were at 10:30 in the morn ing at First Baptist church, near the Wren community, where she lived. Ministers in charge were the Rev. Mark Owings and tile Rev. Mr. Thompson. Mrs. Gretter. wife of i the late Michael C. Gretter. died on Saturday, September 8, at the home of a son. Robert Gretter, with whom she lived. Born July 11. 1877 at Bethel Hill, N. C„ of the pioneering family of S C. Humphries and Mary King Link, she was the seventh of eleven Children. In 1900 she married Michael C. Gretter at Bethel Hill. N C , to which union were born four sons. The family was first broken m 1923 when tile eldest son. Les ie, died m Missouri, to which state tin family had moved in 1910. It was in 1927 that she along with her hus band and two sons, moved to Aber deen, Miss, to make her home for a number of years before returning to Missouri. Late in life she became a mem ber of tile Eastern Star. Members of the family left to mourn are three sons, Robert Gret na- of the Wren Community; Gor don Gretter. Portsmouth. Vu.; Coo per Gretter, Mt. Vernon. Mo.; three sisters and one brother: Mrs. Nuini Christian. Westfield, N. C.; Mrs. Robert Bailey and W. M Humph ries, Woodsdale, N. C.; Mrs. ijm Woody. Liberty. N. C.; and three grandchildren: Barbara Ann, Louise and Michael Haney Gretter. Interment was in Odd Fellows Rest, with W. B. Harrison in charge. D. R. Taylor Receives Discharge After more than three years in the Navy, serving as> Recruiting Of ficer, D. R. iJake) Taylor received His discharge and returned home last Monday. He was accompanied by Mrs Taylor, who had been tilth him for tile past several months: Jake, as all of his friends call him. was associated witlt The Cour ier for more than 20 years, being a member of the firm of Nos'll, Tay lor A' Company when the Time and The Courier consolidated. He is also a member of the firm of the Courier-Times Publishing com pany and will take an active in terest in said firm. Jake knows the newspaper game and his return will save the other member; many a. headache. It is avodless. to. say we greet his return with great pleasure, >--• —O- Ceffo's Oakley Not Candidate, He Says Charlie Oakley, of Ceffo, pre viously listed as a candidate for se lection as keeper of the Person County Home, said yesterday that he was not a candidate for he po sition and did not make application for the job. although he at one time did contemplate asking ior th«j po sition. Newly appointed keeper'; chosen Monday, was B. j. Owen. Other ap plicant was John D, Long, of near Virgilina. Bowen will succeed Al vis Clayton. o Important Meeting For Church Groups A special meeting of the Mary Hambrick Society of Christian Ser vice is being called for Monday af ternoon, October 8, at 4 o'clock, to consider very important business. At 8 o'clock the Wesleyan Service Quild will hold a called meeting for the same purpose. Members are urged to note these special sessions and to plan to attend. i . Fatal Highway ** Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN IMI DON’T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 88 . David Lawrence Lung, Bushy Fork, Sells Tobacco Here. YJhere Average Con tinues Good. Probably happiest seller on f h* Roxboro market this morning- war. nine year-old David Lawrence Long, (■son of Mr, and Mrs. Luther Long, qf , Bushy Fork, who sold nis piles at averages up to forty-five and plans to buy a pony. Young David Lawrence, who has a brother, Fred T, in overseas service in Europe, is not ■concerned with other peo ples' averages. His own. he thinks. Considering that some of the weed was of poor quality, were good enough, and lie is going to have that pony if he can find one and will add it to a livestock collection which already | includes, a goat: But there is a serious side so tne ! Roxboro market, too. for adults, who ale expected to be pleased at the official report tha: average for this week for the first two selling days has climbed up to $42 for a j Tuesday and Wednesday total of [ 463,192 pounds. Also, encouraging 'is tile lact that the Roxboro mar ket since it opened on September 18. has sold two million, three nun | driid seventy-one thousand, one [ hundred and four. pounds at an average of $41.43. Commenting oil the present mar ket trends in Roxboro, George W. Walker, secretary of the Roxboro Board ul Trade, said :adav" mat some showing of better prices prob ably has come through last Sat urday's agreement reached in Wash linglon tor Commodity Credit Co*-- ; porn t ion boosting of buying of low !or common grade weed. Mr. Walk er thinks, too. that Person growers generally are aware of tile quaugy | of tobacco grown here and sold here and tiiat they are not and have not ; been as dissatisfied with prices as have been some farmers from other sections, such as Danville and Wil son. which were centers in the move ,to have former Gov. J. Me'.ville Broughton and others to go to Washington as they did. .- - O — ■ ■ Oxford, Not Garner Place Os Meeting For PTA District District meeting of the Parent- Teacher association will be in Ox ford on Tuesday, October 9. and not at Garner at a later date, accord ing to Mrs.- R. P. Burns, president of the Roxboro Central Grammy? school association, who said today that regular monthly meeting of tlie Central association will be held on Tuesday, October 16, as previous ly announced. It is expected that the District Association meeting will have a good delegation from Roxboro and that a large crowd will also be at the regular monthly meetly at Cen tral school, where the showing of a film will be a featured part of the program, —*— o . Junior Order To Meet On Monday Members of Longhurst Council of tlie Junior Order are to meet next Monday night at seven o'clock at the Junior Order Hall, according to announcement made today. The members are also expected to come prepared to attend a chutch ser vice in a body at North Roxboro Baptist church. Other events of this weak for Juniors will be a district gathering Wednesday night at Chapel H|U and a benefit supper to be served Friday night at seven o’clock in Roxboro high school gymnasium. — Sgt. R. A. Young At Atomic Plant -J| Two Durham members of tba Armed services, a WAC and a sol dier, and one serviceman froM|| Roxboro, recently were awarded tiiS Meritorious Service Unit f|||| given to military personnel of Atomic Bomb project at Santa tSM New Mexico. They are: T-S Charles GocdubSi of Ellis Road, a member of the Special Engineer Detachment!.jjiW Mary H. Moore of 524 McMannan Street, a WAC; and 8-B*t, Rubers A. Young of Route 2, Riwbyro, member of the Military VtHajjll